Improvement in casting handles op table-cutlery



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NATHAN S. CLEMENT, 0F -NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.

Lette/rs Patent Nol 88,544, dated April 6, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN CASTIN HANDLS QF TABLE-CTLERY.

The Schedule referred te in 'these Letters Patent and making part;A ofthe same.

' Be it known-that I, NATHAN S. CLEMENT, of New Britain, in the countyof Hartford, and State of Connecticut, have inventeda new and usefulImprovement in Table-Cutlery; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, which will enable thoseskilled in the art vto make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in vwhich-Figure l is a side elevation of my invention.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the same, drawn through the'line:zz-y. Similar lettersl of reference indicate like parts.

M y invention consists of casting the handles of tableone ,endof whichis supported by a print in the sand, or mould, in thel usual manner, andthe other end is supported by the tang of' the cutlery-blade to behandled.

To cast these handles, a pattern is first made, of the shape of the bodyof the handle c and bolster, which bolster is formed on, and is'a partof the handle c. On one end of the handle-pattern is formed a smallprojection, to form a oore-print in the sand. In the other, orbolster-end of the handle c, I insert the tang b, of handled, with thesaid blade a in its proper position. A print, or mouldV of thepattern-and blade a is then made in the usual manner, and the patternand blade withdrawn from` the'sand. The tang 17, of the blade a, is theninserted a short distance into one end of the core, when the blade aandcore are placed in theprint from whichthe blade and pattern havebeenwithdrawn, with the core supportedat one end in the print formed by theprojection on the end of the handle-pattern, while the tang b, which isinserted in the other end of the core, will hold it in vits place.

The core should be short enough to leave aportion of the tang b exposed,which portion of the tang b can be nicked, or serrated, if desired.I Themould is then ready to close, and theiron or steel pouredinto it in theusual manner. The metal will form a shell around.

the core,- aud the bolster-end of the handle c will form solid aroundthe tang b, filling the serrated portions, and thus securing the handlec firmly to the bladeva. The whole is 'then taken from the sand, and thecore removed through the open end e of the handle c.

A small cap, el, is then b1azed,or soldered, Vor otherwise secured tothe open end c of the handle c, when the handle Yis ready to polish andiinish.

If desired, a false tang, ora tang-shaped implement i might be used tosupport one end of the core in east- .in g, and then withdrawn, when thetang proper can be secured by asubsequent process.

Handles have been formerly cast of white-metal, or

metals that fuse at a low heat, but such metals are also softer, andconsequently easily bruise, and become soiled.

Y kHandles have also been formed in two halves, either swaged ofwrought-metal, or cast of alloys, and then soldered together.

Others havel been cast in metall' moulds, after the usual manner ofcasting hollow ware of soft metal, viz, when the outer portion of themetal is'chilled, pour out the interior.

It is also common to cast the bolster around thetang,

after the handle has been formedand secured to the' blade, and sometimesthe bolster is cast rst, and the handle afterward secured. l

By my invention, I am able to secure the advan-g tanges of hardness,durability, and other qualities of handles cast from metal which requirea high tempera-A ture to fuse, forming them with therequsite lightnessand great cheapness of production.

I do not claim, broadly, castinghollow handles, unless by the means ofthe metal described; neither do I claim casting the bolster around thetang, or holsters or handles formed of wrought-metal; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent,'is-

Casting the handles of table-:cutlery hollowfby the process hereinspecied.

' NATHAN S.- CLEMENT,

Witnesses:

J AMES SHEPARD, WM. G. Guerres.

